Man who gave Jalang'o 48 hours to collect his money is a clout chaser (Opinion)

Piece by: PATRICIA TONUI
Entertainment

A few weeks back, a man emerged seeking help from Jalang'o and Kamene Goro as he risked being thrown out of his house as his rent was due.

The comedian paid the young man's rent which had totaled ksh18,000 with the following remarks,

"Your rent has been paid. Call your caretaker to confirm it. But you should stop looking for sympathy, go out there and work."

The young man, Vincent Mboya came out in an interview to state that he felt offended by Jalang'o's words and he wants the comedian to collect the money he paid within 48 hours.

"Felix Odiwuor (Jalang'o), come for your money. I'm giving you 48 hours you come to collect your money," he said while counting the cash.

He also added that he could top off the cash to show that he is doing it in good faith.

"I'm returning the money in good faith...If he wants me to exceed it I will do. My name is the prize."

The reason I believe that Vincent is a clout chaser is that if he were a man with serious rent issues, gratitude alone would make him not show his face again for such stunts.

Ksh18,000 is a lot of money. The giver is not obligated to give a penny or share his hard-earned money.

The comedian recently revealed that he has once worked as a fisherman for Ksh160 a day.

"After high school, my dad could not afford to take me to campus.He actually laughed very hard when I told him that I wanted to proceed to campus.He was like 'how do you expect me to afford such a fee when I was struggling to pay your primary and secondary fees?'In that area, you could only work as a fisherman or at Capital Fish Kenya Limited. I worked as a fisherman before I joined Capital Fish I was being paid 160 per day.Even getting a job there was a matter of chance," he revealed.

Jalang'o is someone who knows what it means to have nothing and never begged.

Maybe this is a generation full of entitled youth.

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